FOXBORO – The immediate reaction is to summarily dismiss what is about to unfold beginning at noon today.

That would be a mistake.

While it may not carry the weight of the NCAA’s Final Four, the NFL’s final four – the final four rounds of the draft, that is – can be significant.

While three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady (sixth round, 199th overall in 2000) shall forever serve as the poster child for the overlooked, fact is, two-thirds of the players (44 of 66) on the Patriots’ roster when this year’s draft kicked off Thursday night broke into the league as either fourth-through-seventh-round picks or rookie free agents.